University one of biggest climbers in national league table

Nottingham Trent University has climbed 19 places in a national league table focusing on student satisfaction and outcomes.

NTU climbs 19 places in the Guardian University Guide

Nottingham Trent University has climbed 19 places in a national league table focusing on student satisfaction and outcomes.

The Guardian University Guide 2018, published today (May 16), shows the University has risen to 34th place in the overall table. It is one of the largest climbs made by a university.

The table provides a score out of 100 which is based on ratings in a variety of areas, such as student satisfaction, employment outcomes, the amount spent by universities per student and how effective teaching is. As well as an overarching table, the guide also contains individual scores for subject areas.

Professor Edward Peck, Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, said: "This league table focuses on teaching quality which makes our ascent particularly pleasing as it reflects the progress we have made already as we implement our new strategic plan."

It is the second league table in as many weeks which has shown huge progress for the University. Nottingham Trent University climbed 11 places in The Complete University Guide, published two weeks ago.

The University is passionate about creating opportunities and its extensive outreach programme is designed to enable Nottingham Trent to be a vehicle for social mobility. NTU is the sixth biggest recruiter of students from disadvantaged backgrounds in the country and 95.6% of its graduates go on to employment or further education within six months of leaving.

NTU is home to world-class research, winning The Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2015 - the highest national honour for a UK university. It recognised the University’s pioneering projects to improve weapons and explosives detection in luggage, enable safer production of powdered infant formula and combat food fraud.

With an international student population of approximately 2,600 from around 100 countries, the University prides itself on its global outlook.

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